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Case Study

Digital Transformation and Automation at Aerospace Group

International Aerospace and Defense Group

Centralisation of the IT landscape and digitalisation of administrative and production processes with the aim of making the existing Group structures and processes more efficient.

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Company Details

  • Development, production and MRO in the aerospace and defense sector as well as cyber security
  • Group of 25 companies with subsidiaries worldwide (USA, France, Germany, India, …)
  • Turnover: $5.3b, 12,000 employees
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Situation and Challenge

  • Newly created Group through 25 acquisitions
  • No existing group structures and processes, no harmonization, no existing synergies; little digitalization and automation
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Objective and Tasks

  • Maximum harmonization to leverage synergies and dovetail the companies
  • Maximum digitalization of processes, maximum automation of processes
  • Increase in speed, efficiency, accuracy and transparency
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Measures and Procedures

  • Development of a digital group vision with specific target images per company
  • Development of a three-year roadmap for the group and each company
  • Development and setup of internal organization, operating model and governance incl. recruitment worldwide
  • Selection of tools and external partners
  • Rapid implementation of projects with first effects after 6 months
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Results and Achievements

  • Centralized IT landscape (harmonized, highly available, highly secure, hybrid cloud, scalable)
  • Digitization of processes in administration and production
  • Increase availability of machines by 10% & effectiveness in production by 15%
  • Extreme automation of processes (start at 15%, target 80% of fully or predominantly automated processes)

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